PUBLIC NOTICE

WAIKERIA PRISON EXPANSION PROJECT Public Noce in accordance with secon 95A of the Resource Management Act 1991 (the RMA) –

Noce of Requirement Otor ohanga District Council (the Territorial Authority) has received a Noce of Requirement from the Minister of Correcons for an alteraon to designaon D55 in the District Plan to authorise the construcon, operaon and maintenance of facilies to accommodate up to 3000 prisoners at Waikeria Prison. The exisng designaon allows for up to 1,250 prisoners to be accommodated on the site.

The alteraon to designaon will apply to land already designated for the operaon of a Prison and associated acvies subject to condions. The site is the exisng Waikeria Prison site. The Noce of Requirement is outlined below:

Reference Requiring Authority Descripon Territorial Authority D55 Minister of Correcons Construcon, operaon and maintenance of Prison and associated acvies to accommodate up to 3000 prisoners. Otorohanga District Council

If you have any queries relang to technical maers associated with the processing and assessment of the Noce of Requirement, please contact: Chris Dawson at Bloxam Burne & Olliver on (07) 838 0144 or at [email protected]

If you have any other queries relang to the proposed Waikeria Prison Expansion project, please contact the Department of Correcons agent, Sharon Dines (Consultant for Boffa Miskell) on (09) 359 5311 or at Sharon.dines@boffamiskell.co.nz

Viewing the Noce of Requirement The Noce of Requirement can be viewed at the following locaons during their respecve opening hours.

Otorohanga District

· Otorohanga District Council Office 17 Maniapoto Street, Otorohanga · Otorohanga District Council Library - 27 Turongo Street, Otorohanga · Waipa District Council office – 101 Bank Str eet, Te Awamu tu · Waipa District Council Library – 1 06 Mahoe Street, Te Awamutu

Alterna vely, the Noce of Requirement can be viewed on Otorohanga District Council’s website www.otodc.govt.nz. For a CD copy of the Noce of Requirement please contact Rice Resources Ltd.

To Make a Submission Submissions close on 25 May 2017 at 5.00pm.

Any person may make a submission on the Noce of Requirement. However, a person who is a trade competor of the requiring authories may only make a submission if that person is directly affected by an effect of the Waikeria Prison Expansion Project that: · Adversely affects the environment; and · Does not relate to trade compeon or the effects of trade compeon . All submissions must include: · Your name, postal address, email address, telephone number; · Your submission with corresponding reasons; · Details of the maer about which you are making a submission, including locaon; · T he recommendaon on the Noce of Requirement you wish the Territorial Authority to make; and, · Whether you support, oppose or are neutral to the proposal; · Whether you wish to be heard at a hearing in support of your submission.

Copies of the required submission forms are available online at www.otodc.govt.nz and/or from the locaons outlined above. Please ensure you use the correct submission form for the Noce of Requirement.

The address for service for submissions on the Noce of Requirement is: Otorohanga District Council · c/- Rice Resources Limited, PO Box 431 , Mail Centre, Hamilton 3240 An: Steve Rice Fax submissions to: (07) 846 5269 Email submissions to: [email protected] You must also serve a copy of your submission on the Minister of Correcons as soon as reasonably praccable. The address for service is: c/- Boffa Miskell Ltd, (An: Sharon Dines), P O Box 91250, Auckland 1142 Andrew Loe Email: Sharon.dines@boffamiskell.co.nz Environmental Services Manager Otorohanga District Council

File Ref: A16128_117_AEE_Fig1_Location_Plan_for_Notification_WLG.mxd

WAIKERIA PRISON EXPANSION PROJECT - LOCATION MAP Paepaerahi

Tokanui

Waipa Parawera District

Te Kawa

Owairaka Valley

Waikeria Pukerimu

Otorohanga District Puketoki

Puketarata

Ruahine Korakonui Ngahape

Kiokio Panetapu

Awatane A16128 WAIKERIA PRISON CAPACITY EXPANSION This plan has been prepared by Boffa Miskell Limited on the 0 1 2 km Proposed Building Zone / 12m Height Limit specific instructions of our Client. It is solely for our Clients use in accordance with the agreed scope of work. Any use or

Legend Figure 1: Location Plan for Notification reliance by a third party is at that partys own risk. Where Waikeria Prison Designation information has been supplied by the Client or obtained from ° 1:50,000 @ A3 other external sources, it has been assumed that it is accurate. Date: 19 April 2017 | Revision: 0 No liability or responsibility is accepted by Boffa Miskell Data Sources:LINZ (Topographic Data Service), Boffa Miskell, District Boundary Limited for any errors or omissions to the extent that they Plan prepared by Boffa Miskell Limited arise from inaccurate information provided by the Client or Opus any external source. Project Manager: Sharon.Dines@boffamiskell.co.nz Drawn:| SGa |Checked: CCo www.boffamiskell.co.nz Projection:NZGD 2000 Transverse Mercator